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The Department B shall be denominated the Geographical Department of 

 the Academy. 



No report of the organization of this department has been communicated to 

 the Academy. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



B. HOWARD RAND, M. D., 



Recording Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1860. 



The Library of the Academy has, during the past year, been increased by 

 351 volumes and 629 periodicals and pamphlets, on subjects belonging to the 

 Natural Sciences. Of these works, 111 are from authors, 160 from editors, 

 321 from Societies, 45 from Dr. J. H. Janeway, 32 from Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. 

 167 from Dr. Thomas B. Wilson, and 144 from other members and correspon- 

 dents. During the year that has just closed, 269 volumes have been bound : 

 71 at the expense of Dr. Wilson, and 198 by the Academy. The department 

 of the Library appropriated to periodicals, as was stated in the last report 

 would be the case, is very much straitened for room, and the recommen- 

 dation then made in regard to the construction of additional cases is now re- 

 peated. Unless additional room is obtained, it will be impossible to place the 

 books properly upon the shelves. No books are believed to have been lost or 

 missed from the Library during the last year. 



It is of great importance that all valuable books of Natural Science, in all 

 its departments, should be added to the Library as soon as they are published. 

 in order that it may keep pace with the progress of knowledge and maintain 

 that superiority as a Library of reference which it now possesses. The ordi- 

 nary means of the Academy will not permit this, and meet its other necessary 

 expenses. Several gentlemen have united in a subscription of a certain sum 

 per annum for 5 years, to meet this want. These subscriptions are not bind- 

 ing unless 25 subscribers are obtained. Four are yet wanting to complete 

 the number, and it is hoped that these will soon be found, so that the Library 

 may be placed in such a condition as will secure its most eminent usefulness 

 in the cause of Science. 



Respectfully submitted, 



JAMES C. FISHER, M.D.. 



Librarian. 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS FOR 1860. 



All departments of the Museum of the Academy under the general charge 

 of the Curators, continue in their visual good state of preservation, exhibit 

 _;reat forwardness in their arrangement, and have been constantly increasing 

 through donations. 



Since the last Report was presented to the Academy, the following ad- 

 ditions have been made to the collections : 



Mammals. Of these, 32 specimens of 23 species have been received. Among 

 them may be especially mentioned a fine specimen of the Moose, presented by 

 H. T. Desilver, Esq. The others were presented by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, John Krider, Dr. J. H. Slack. Dr. Jos. Wilson, Capt. J. M. Dow, Major 

 Le Conte, C. J. Hering, D. Samuel, and Dr. Corse.* 



Birds. During the present year the extensive collection of birds, for which 

 the Museum of the Academy has been especially distinguished, numbering 

 about 26,000 mounted specimens, but which had merely been deposited with 



*The names of the donors are given in the order of value of their contributions. 



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